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Rules and Regulations 

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State Department 
of Education 

Governing Issuance and Renewal of 

Certificates to Teach in Public 

Schools in Missouri 

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State Superintendent of Public Schools 
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Rules and Regulations 

OF THE 

State . Department 
of Education 

Governing Issuance and Renewal of 

Certificates to Teach in Public 

Schools in, Missouri 

MAY 2, 1921 



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Law for Certificates. 

No teacher shall be employed in any 
school supported by the Public Funds, or 
any part thereof, until he has received a 
certificate of qualification therefor, signed 
by the County Superintendent of the 
county, the State Superintendent, or a cer- 
tificate or diploma issued by the State 
University or some State Teachers' Col- 
lege of this state entitling him to teach in 
* the Public Schools. 

Section 1. 

Credentials to be Filed. 
Important. 

All applicants who desire to obtain 
state certificates must comply with the 
following regulations: 

(1) Submit a statement from your 
superintendent of schools or board of ed- 
ucation that teaching position in Missouri 
has been secured. 

(2) Submit a statement regarding 
teaching ability. 

(3) All applicants must file in this 
office official transcripts of work properly 
signed by the school officials where this 
work was completed. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 

Section 2. 

List of Certificates. 

The following certificates are issued 
by the State Department of Education: 

1. Rural State Certificate. 

2. Teacher-Training Certificate. 

3. Special One-Year Certificate. 

4. Junior College Certificate. 

5. Senior College Certificate. 

6. Five-Year Certificate. 

7. Life Certificate. 

Section 3. 

Rural State Certificates. 

The requirements for the rural state 
certificate are as follows: 

1. The following academic subjects 
will be required: 

English — 3 units. 

Mathematics — 2 units (including arith- 
metic, algegra and geometry). 

Agriculture — 1 unit. 

High School Science — 1 unit (including 
biology, physics or physical geography). 

History — 2 units (one of which must 
be American History and government). 

Industrial and Fine Arts — 1 unit. 

2. The following professional work 
will be required: 

(a) Subject matter of the common 

school branches with emphasis on method- 

1 unit. 

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(b) Elementary psychology, one- third 
of 1 unit. Rural school problems, one-third 
of 1 unit. School management, one-third 
of 1 unit. 

(c) Methods and Observation, 1 unit. 

3. In addition, three elective, among 
which farm accounts, bookkeeping, short- 
hand and typewriting, geography of com- 
merce, general science, chemistry, domestic 
science, domestic art and physical educa- 
tion, are recommended. 

4. The rural certificate is not subject 
to renewal. 

Section 4. 

Teacher-Training Certificates. 

The State Department of Education 
will issue to the graduates of the teacher- 
training course of first class high schools, 
a certificate valid for two years in any 
county of the state. After thirty-two weeks 
of successful experience and one term's 
successful work in a State Teachers' Col- 
lege, in the State University, or in any 
standard college or university, ^ny person 
holding a teacher-training certificate issued 
under the provisions of the law shall re- 
ceive a first-grade county certificate. 

Further information regarding the 
teacher-training certificate may be obtained 
from the State Department of Education 
or from any county superintendent. 



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Section 5. 

Special Certificates. 

Special certificates, valid for one year 
only, may be granted to applicants who 
have secured teaching positions in this 
state, provided the applicant has had at 
least two years of stand'ard college work. 
These certificates are not subject to re- 
newal but may be converted into a five- 
year state certificate, provided the appli- 
cant can submit at least a five-semester 
hour credit for one subject under each of 
the groups 1, 2, 3 and 4, and a fifteen- 
semester hour credit for subjects under 
group 5 as outlined under Plan II, Section 
8. Should the applicant fail to submit 
sufficient credit to obtain this five-year 
certificate, he may complete the work by 
examination or by submitting approved 
summer school grades. (See Section 17.) 

Section 6. 

Junior College Certificates. 

A three-year certificate will be issued 
to graduates of standard Junior Colleges 
who have taken the regular work in edu- 
cation. After twenty-four months of suc- 
cessful teaching, sixteen months of which 
has been done in Missouri, this three-year 
certificate may be converted into a five- 
vear state certificate. 



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A minimum of twelve hours in educa- 
tion shall be required of all applicants for 
this certificate and shall consist of the 
following work: 

1. General or elementary psychojogy. 

2. Elementary school methods. 

3. School management. 

4. History of education. 

Section 7. 

Senior College Certificates. 

A three-year certificate will be granted 
to graduates of recognized Senior Colleges 
who have completed the work in education 
as outlined. After sixteen months of suc- 
cessful teaching in Missouri, this certificate 
may be converted into a life certificate. 

A minimum of eighteen hours in Edu- 
cation shall be required of all applicants 
for this certificate and shall consist of the 
following work: 

1. General or elementary psychology. 

2. Educational psychology. 

3. Methods or principles of education. 

4. Practice teaching. 

5. History of Education. 

6. Secondary education. 

7. School administration. 

Section 8. 

Five-Year Certificates. 
A five-year state certificate will be 
issued to applicants under either of the 
two following conditions: 

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Plan I. 

Completion of a standard four-year 
college course together with twenty hours 
in educational subjects. 

Plan II. 

Successfully passing examinations in 
any one subject under each of the groups 
1, 2, 3 and 4, and three subjects under 
group 5; provided the applicant has had 
at least two years of standard college work. 

I. History and Government. 

American History, European History, 
English History, Oriental History, Eco- 
nomics, Sociology, Missouri History and 
Government, Political Parties in the United 
States. 

II. Rhetoric and Literature. 

English Composition, Exposition and 
Argumentation, American Literature, Eng- 
lish Literature, College Rhetoric. 

III. Mathematics. 

CoUege Algebra, Trigonometry, Solid 
Geometry, Advanced Arithmetic, Analytic 
Geometry. 

IV. Sciences. 

Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Phys- 
iography, Botany, Advanced Agriculture. 



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V. Professional Subjects. 

• Educational Psychology, History of 
Education, Primary Teaching and Kinder- 
garten, Elementary Course of Study, Mis- 
souri School System, Supervision and Ad- 
ministration, High School Teaching, Theory 
and Methods of Teaching, Current Read- 
ing Circle Books, Principles of Education, 
Pedagogy. 

Section 9. 

Life Certificates. 

Applicants who have had at least two 
years of standard college work may receive 
a life certificate after forty months of suc- 
cessful teaching, after meeting present re- 
quirements for five-year certificates by 
passing an examination in five professional 
subjects, which were not used in securing 
the five-year certificate. 

Section 10. 

State Teachers* College Certificates. 

The State University and State Teach- 
ers' Colleges are also empowered by the 
General Assembly to issue certificates. In- 
quiries regarding such certificates should 
be addressed to these institutions. 

Section 11 

County Certificates. 

County examinations are held in all 
Missouri counties the first Friday and fol- 

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lowing Saturday of March, June and Au- 
gust each year. All applicants for JSrst or 
second grade certificates must present evi- 
dence of having completed four years of 
high scliool work or its equivalent. Ad- 
ditional information regarding county cer- 
tificates can be obtained from any county 
superintendent in this state. County cer- 
tificates from other states are not endorsed 
in Missouri. 

Following are the requirements for 
county certificates: 

I. Third grade certificates are valid 
for one year in the county where they are 
issued and may be rene^ved once. To 
secure a third grade certificate, the appli- 
cant must pass examinations with a general 
average of 80 per cent in: 

Spelling, r-eading, penmanship, lan- 
guage lessons, geography, arithmetic (in- 
cluding business forms and rules), English 
grammar. United States history, civil gov- 
ernment (including the government of 
Missouri), physiology and hygiene with 
special reference to the effect of alcoholic 
drinks and stimulants and narcotics gen- 
erally upon the human system, agriculture 
and pedagogy. 

II. Second grade certificates'are valid 
for two years in the county where they are 
issued, can be renewed once, and may be 
endorsed in any county. To secure a 
second grade certificate, the applicant must 

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pass examinations in algebra and literature 
in addition to the subjects required for a 
third grade certificate. A general average 
of 85 per cent is required. 

III. First grade certificates are valid 
in the state for three years, and may be 
renewed an unlimited number of times, 
provided the holder meets prescribed con- 
ditions. To secure a first grade certificate, 
the applicant must pass examination in 
one branch of history, either ancient, 
medieval and modern, or English, and one 
branch of science, either physical geography, 
physics, or elementary biology, in addition 
to the subjects required for second grade 
eertificates. First grade certificates are 
issued only to persons who have had eight 
months of successful teaching experience. 
A. general average of 90 per cent is re- 
c[uired. 

Section 12. 

College Graduates. 

Applicants who hold the A. B. degree 
Dr its equivalent from any standard col- 
ege may be granted a five-year state cer- 
tificate when at least twenty hours of work 
in educational subjects have been com- 
pleted. 

The work in education must include 
ihe work as outlined in section 7. 



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Section 13. 

Renewals. 

A five-year state certificate may be 
renewed by successfully passing three ex- 
aminations in subjects which are not 
already to the credit of the applicant, pro- 
vided the applicant has had at least two 
years of standard college work. These 
subjects may be selected by the applicant 
and will cover the work as outlined in the 
requirements for five-year certificates as 
listed in section 8. 

Section 14. 

Non-Renewable Certificates. 

All "special certificates" which are 
now in force covering the five-year special 
certificates in Music, Drawing, Stenog- 
raphy, etc., are not subject to renewal 
except under the conditions as specified in 
section 13. When these ''special certificates" 
expire, it will be necessary for the holders 
of same to secure regular certificates in the 
manner as above prescribed. 

Section 15. 

Papers From Other States. 

No certificates or diploma from any 
other state is endorsed in Missouri, but due 
consideration will be given such certifi- 
cate or diploma when accompanied by the 

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official transcript of credit by which such 
certificate or diploma was obtained. 

Section 16. 

Correspondence Grades. 

No correspondence grades from any 
institution are accepted toward certificate 
credit by this department. 

Section 17. 

Approved Grades. 

Grades made in approved summer 
schools obtained under conditions conform- 
ing to the requirements prescribed by the 
State Board of Education shall be accepted 
by the State Superintendent in lieu of ex- 
aminations on the several subjects required 
for county certificates. 

Approved summer school grades will 
be accepted by the State Superintendent 
in lieu of examinations in meeting the re- 
quirements for certificates issued by the 
State Department of Education when the 
work submitted constitutes at least five 
semester hours in any subject. 

Section 18. 

Validity of Grades. 

All grades will be held valid for any 
applicant as long as the applicant is in the 

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teaching profession or is in attendance at 
some educational institution. It is there- 
fore unnecessary that an applicant take all 
the examinations at one time unless he so 
desires. No credit will be given to any ap- 
plicant for a subject which has been graded 
less than eighty per cent. 

Section 19. 

Examinations. 

Examinations for state certificates will 
be held in Jefferson City at the office of the 
Department of Education any time in the 
year, jjroviding the applicant gives due 
notice that an examination is desired. 

State examinations are also held on 
the day preceding the annual State Teach- 
ers' Association meeting in the city where 
the meeting wiU be called. 

Examinations for state certificates are 
also held at the close of the summer ses- 
sions of every State Teachers' College in 
this state, and at the University of Mis- 
souri, provided at least 10 applicants make 
a request to the State Department of Edu- 
cation, through the presidents of these in- 
stitutions, two weeks before the date of the 
examination. 

No examination fees are required. 

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